After our First Look, Tory and I hooked up with our families to take the more traditional portraits. We had the pics of us with our respective parents enlarged and framed, and gave them as Christmas gifts, along with albums I made on MyPublisher.
Me and mom:
The three of us.
Tory and his parents, Connie and John:
The parents and us:
Tory and his sister, Jessica:
Tory and Jocelyn, our niece and flower girl (don’t you love the hair?!):
My sister, Liz and mom:
Me with mom and all of the siblings: Stephany, Eli, Elizabeth and Isadore:
Well, here it is, kids! THE ACTUAL WEDDING! Since this was the most important part of the day, please excuse for the gratuitous amount of photos (by Rochelle Mort, obviously!). After we had our first look, we took photos with our families, and then I went back to the bridal suite and took some pics with just us girls. We then sat around, chatted, and drank champagne. Tory’s dad stopped by to give me a hug. We tried to console Jocelyn with peppermints after she took a face plant.
This is what the guests saw when they entered. The ceremony area:
The ceremony programs that we labored over:
And then…..it was time! Please note, I have no idea what time it actually was. I have asked several people after that day: “did we start on time?” Seriously you will probably lose your inner clock (not that I ever had one) on your wedding day. I still don’t know what time the wedding started.
Here we are walking up toward the Ceremony Gardens at Newcastle Wedding Gardens (a gorgeous wedding venue if you’re looking in the Sacramento area!).
Next it was the ladies, who walked to ‘Something‘. We had a bit of a Beatles theme throughout the day, in case you were wondering. Tory and I actually bonded over the Beatles back in the day, way before we started dating, when we both worked at Safeway. He was amazed that I knew the lyrics to Don’t Pass Me By from The White Album.
First came Tory’s sister Jessica, and her daughter, Jocelyn (this photo was taken by family friend, Jennifer Bishop):
You can really see poor Jocelyn’s banged up chin (she tripped on a paver and fell face first onto another) in this photo:
Here’s the headboard after I removed it from the bed and before I covered it (doesn’t look like much, I know):
And the after:
Unfortunately, I chose the worst possible time of day to take this photograph (with the afternoon light blazing in), so I apologize for the poor photo quality. Hopefully you can get an idea of the difference a little fabric can make!
Photos in this post were taken by the lovely and talented Rochelle Mort of Rochelle Mort Photography.
Tory and I decided to see each other before the ceremony, and I’m extremely happy with that decision. It made the moment that we first saw each other so intimate and special, and it also helped to calm our nerves a bit! It doesn’t hurt that we got some fantastic photos, either…
Here I am giddy as a schoolgirl, ready to see my groom!
I love this next photo because you can see the entire ceremony area, including the ancient oak tree behind the arbor.
Good to go!
The “try not to mess up my lipstick” kiss
One of my must-have shots! I love how it turned out:
